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CAGO Strikes by Month
CAGO Strikes by Month
Dolbeer, R. A., and J. L. Seubert. 2010. Canada goose populations and strikes with civil aircraft: encouraging trends for the aviation industry. Special Report, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, Washington, D.C. USA. Dolbeer, R. A., S. E. Wright, J. Weller, and M. J. Begier. 2010. Wildlife strikes to civil aircraft in the United States, 19902009. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Serial Report No. 16 DOT/FAA/AS/00-6 (AAS-310). Washington D.C., USA [In review]. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2009. Waterfowl population status, 2009. U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. USA. 79 pages.
2 Table 1. The number and percentage of reported Canada goose strikes with civil aircraft by month of the year, USA, 1990-2009 (FAA National Wildlife Strike Database). No. of CAGO strikes 44 60 140 117 132 36 61 161 185 130 96 76 1,238
Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
% of total 3.6 4.8 11.3 9.5 10.7 2.9 4.9 13.0 14.9 10.5 7.8 6.1 100.0
Figure 1. The percentage of reported Canada goose strikes with civil aircraft by month of the year, USA, 1990-2009 (FAA National Wildlife Strike Database).
16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Month
% of strikes